Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23
CHARLESTON.
THE FUNNY ECCRNTRIC1TIES OF THE
CHARLESTON CLIMATE.
A COmieal CuS's Experience Of a Week OF 1t
HOw lie Became Possessed Ola
Forty Foot Cold.

hOW lie Became POSSESSED VI q
Forty Foot Cold.
CHARLESTON, w. VA, January %.
DEAR REGIsTER:-I am still alive in
spite of the balmy Southern climate which
prevails here-I mean, the alleged South
ern climate which is supposed to prevail
here but which has been on 4 strike for the
past two weeks. The report has gone forth
that the Senatorial contest is the main
topic ofinterest here, Int from what | have
seen OF the situation am
inclined 10 doubt this Ill
some slight degree. The question which
is in everybody smInd ut present, add which
people lay awake nights thinking about,
is whether q heavy OverC0at or 4 palm leaf
tan will be necessary for tomorrow. From
the way the weather has been dispOrting
itself this spirit of forcthOught is absolute
'ly necessary and has in fact Tapped itself
around the very root Of the happiness OF
every thinking person. When u man goes
To bed with the sweat streaming OFF him
and wakes in the morning to find his socks
frozen so stiff that they can stand alone,
it's time for f~urcth0ught, isn't II?
At least that idea has settled down upon
my soul within the past week, and now as
| write this find myself burdened, SO to
speak, with
\ WEEKS EXPERIENCE,
and the memory of a cold about forty feet
broad and large accordingly. For the past
few days | have madea regular thermOm-
eter of myself, and have made such good
use OF my opportunities in my poor, weak
way, that | believe il the man who ar
ranges the weather for Charleston should
resign his Office, or fall a victim to said
weather, | would be amply qualified to
take his place.
Monday was q day for m American to
be proud of and if a few drops OF rain
could only have been procured for the &C.
%easion, u Fourth of July celebration would
have been Just thing.
MY TOUGIIENED, B~LUE-NosED sHIvERING
was SO thawcd out and limbered up by its
invigOrating influence, that | would have
almost accepted a committee clerkshlp II
it had been offered me. The afternoon
was so pleasant that left my ovcrcoat ut
the Capitol in the evening, for it looked
almost like sacrilege to dcSecrate such 4
GAY with a winter garment. But III Tues
day morning when | awOke, ! found a
slight change in the aspect of affairs. 1t
vas cold, decidedly so. Nay, more, it was
frozen, and everything else along with it
(by il l don't mean the thermometer, but
the weather.. | had to 20 down street
before breakfast, on business, and
like a boy going a swimming,
| heSitated some time before | made the
plunge, but | knew | had 10 90 and that
waiting wouldn't get me there any sooner
before breakfast, ST. | plucked no my cour-
aye and huttOned it under my coat, turned
mp my collar and sailed forth.
Aslight hut wintry breeze was whistling
soft and sad, like Il disappointed office
seeker, and wandering p~rolniscuOuSly
around, trying to get up IN appetite for
breakfast, | didn't think it a lit associate
on *ucn 4 morning, 81 | pulled up my coat
and pulled down my hat rs far ~ ! could
in the hope that the wind would take the
hint and leave me. But no; it wa
EVIDENTLY sTErCK WITH MY ArrEAR-
ANCE
for it fingered near me, and blew through
my whiskrrS and glided down the back of
my neck until ] actually became irritated.
There was Il space of about an inch between
my coat collar and hat, and the wind canc
rushing in through the gap and gnawed
away at my neck until | wanted to he an
angel. 1t w~aSsnOwing, and ~ ! walked the
fine, trathery flakes silted themselves un-
der nv hat and settled tenderly against
the back of my neck, until by the time
reached my destination | had n fair start
for u SNOW DRIFT inside my collar, and lOnr
ar five icICle1 down my hack. In thawing
these out Il cold leaked into my system
somehow, but Us the next day was rs mild
and pleasant H. could he desired | amused
myself in lomdling and pampcrlng the
cold.
TRIED EVERY REMEDY
| could think of to relieve it. | Swathed
myself in mustard pIaStrrS and hired Il fire
company 10 play hot water upon my feet
and drank patcut cold and cough cures
and ''swcated' myself until my immortal
soul was almost "0aked loose from my
body, but | got rIi of the cold at last. !
~suppuSe'it got diSguStcd at the mixture
and collection of REMEDIES and decided to
sneak of before it found itScliin the luna.
tic asylum. But am a nee mm once
more. 1t rain~l all day Thursday, but |
safely wcatherrd it on Friday and Satur-
day, and if can manage to worry through
Sunday without the rctura of that abmOr-
mally friendly cold | shall begin To hope
that | am becoming acclimatcd.
And now
\ WORD ABOUT THE /
and its advantages before | close. Az ]
have said, the greatest part OF Charleston
iS lis climate. After this comes it| streets
and next the Capitol. These are all special
features, and no other city in the State can
produce anything to rival her in either of
these three things. But great rs the Cap
itnl is, the other two features can lay it
away off in the shadow, rs it were.
The Charleston weather Is miserable,
and a Charleston street IL interesting
enough during the muddy season, hut
when the two combine and the mud gets
all broken mp and then freezes, and then
thawS and freezes again u few times-Oh,
it is even more than intcrcSting-It is fas-
And now, dear REGISTER, You
know something about the weather here,
and if ! can fight off its deep, insidiOus APP
breaches until next week | will tell yOu a
little more about Charleston. 7. q. +.
NEW MARTINSVILLE>
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